INDEX 



M 



AAachilidae 56 

 / :.rhilis martirna 56 

 ^,o■(axyela major 21? 

 MAGGOT: larvae of certain 



Diptero. 

 Magicicada septendecim 4, 



39, 136 

 MALA: a lobe; sometimes 



applied to the galea and 



lacinia when fused. 



Fig. 615 



MAXILLAE (sing., maxiilo) : 

 the second pair of jaws. 

 Fig. 618 



Miridae 135 



Mnemonica ouricyanea 1 52, 

 173 



MOLA (or molar) : the grind- 

 ing surface of the man- 

 dibles. Fig. 619. 



Figure 615 



Malacosoma americana 169 

 Molacosoma disstria 184 

 Mailophaga 34 

 MALPIGHIAN TUBES: the 



excretory organs of the 



insect, emptying into the 



hinc' intestine. 

 MANDIBLE: the first pair of 



jaws. 73 Fig. 616 



Figure 61 6 



MANDIBULO-SUCTORIAL: a 

 type of mouth parts. 50 

 Fig. 617 



Figure 617 



Mantid 8, 69 



Mantidae 70 



Mantispa styriaca 143 



Mantispidae 143 



Maple case-bearer 41, 151 



March flies 193 



Marsh springtail 58 



Figure 618 



MAXILLARY PALPI (sing., 



palpus or palp) : a pair of 



appendages carried by the 



maxilla. See maxilla. 

 Mayfly 6, 33 

 Meal moth 1 54 

 Mealworm 1 16 

 Mealy-bugs 138 

 Measuring worms 166 

 Mecoptera 46, 47, 52 

 Mediterranean fruit fly 189 

 Megacephala Carolina 76 

 Melalopha 168 

 Meiandryidae 113 

 Melandrya striata 110 

 Meiandryidae 110 

 Melanitis leda 167 

 Melanoplus differentalis 31 

 Melanoplus femur-rubrum 71 

 Meiasis rufipennis 95 

 Melittia satyriniformis 156 

 Me!^ttomma sericeum 128 

 Meloidae 85 

 Melyridae 99 

 Membracidac 1 37 

 METAPNEUSTIC: having only 



the last "-air of abdomin- 

 al sp ■ s open. 

 MENTU;/,: the distal scler- 



ite of the labium. See 



lab -.. 

 MESOPlEURON: the lateral 



sclerite of the mesothor- 



ax. 

 MESOTHORAX: the second 



or middle segment of the 



thorax. 

 Metaecus paradoxus 86 

 Metallus rubi 214 

 METAMORPHOSIS: changes 



of form of insects as they 



pass from one stage to 



another. 

 METAPLEURON: the lateral 



sclerite of the metathor- 



ax. 

 METATHORAX: the last or 



third thoracic segment. 

 Metcalf, Z. P. 3 

 Mesovelia mulsanti 132 

 Mexican bean beetle 6 

 Microentomon perposillom 



29, 55 

 Micromalthidae 74 

 Micromalthus debilis 45, 74 

 Micropterygidae 149, 173 

 Micropteryx 149 

 Midges 194 

 Migratory locust 71 

 MINES: galleries made by 



larvae between the upper 



and lower covering of a 



plant leaf. 21 

 Minute brown scavenger 



beetles 102 



Figure 619 



Molamba lonata 14 



MolGr.na uniophila 148 



Molar structure 73 



Mole cricket 69 



Mollanidae 148 



Monarch butterfly 173 



Monardin 2(X) 



Monocesta coryii 124 



Monomorium minimum 44, 

 211 



Monotomidae 103, 107 



Mordellidae 118 



Mormon cricket 71 



Mosquitoes 191 



Moth flies 193 



MOULT (or molt) : the per- 

 iodical shedding of the 

 skin or outer covering of 

 insects as they grow. This 

 process is also called 

 ecdysis. 



MOUTH PARTS: a collective 

 name for the structures of 

 an insect's mouth, includ- 

 ing labrum, mandible, 

 maxillae, labium and oth- 

 er related appendages, 

 (See Figs. 46 and 47) 



MULTI ARTICULATE: with 

 many segments. 



MULTIORDINAL CROCHETS: 

 the hooks on the prolegs 

 when they are of many 

 different lengths but all 

 arranged in a single row. 



Murmidiidae 108 



Murmidius ovalis 108 



Musca domestica 6 



Mycetophagidae 112 



Mycetophagus punctatus 1 1 1 



Mycetophilidae 192, 193, 

 202 



Mydaidae 198, 209 



Mydas clavatus 198, 209 



Mydas flies 198 



Myiatropa florea 44 



Myochrous denticolli 124 



MYRMECOPHILOUS: insects 

 that live in ant nests. 



Myrmeleon 145 



Myremeleontidae 145 



Mytilaspis citricola 138 



Myzus persicae 139 



N 



NAIAD: any nymph 

 aquatic habits. 



with 



229 



